‘Old habits die hard’ — Holomisa rubbishes Ramaphosa’s pledge that flood relief funds will not be looted

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'They say old habits die hard, especially when you are surrounded by questionable characters,' Holomisa said.

UDM leader Bantu Holomisa suggested corruption runs to deep to ensure flood relief funds are not looted and mismanaged. File photo.UDM leader Bantu Holomisa is not convinced by President Cyril Ramaphosa’s pledge that no funds meant for relief and the rebuilding of KwaZulu-Natal will end up in corrupt hands.

Holomisa had earlier warned about the looting of funds and resources meant for the destitute when he posted aNational Treasury has identified R1bn in contingency reserve funds for departments to help those affected, while hwould draw about R1.6bn from its own funds reserved for such disasters to help rebuild damaged homes.

“Learning from the experience of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are drawing together stakeholders to be part of an oversight structure to ensure all funds disbursed to this disaster are properly accounted for and that the state receives value for money.

 

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Bit rich coming from you Mr Holomisa!

BantuHolomisa must rather sit down than talk corruption and shady characters. Too many diamond deals with shady characters forced him to look the other way at local government level.

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